Logging apparatus.



No. 806,246. PATBNTED DB0. 5, 1905.

W. EARNBST.

LOGGING APPARATUS. APPLIOATIUN FILED BEST. 7. 1905.

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the same'in moving two logs.

,i UNITED sTATns-ISATENT oFFIon. i

WILLIAM ERNEST, or eARYvILLE, LoIIIsI'ArIA@ LoeelNc-r.A APPARATUS.

Specificationv of ALetters Patent. A'

Patented Dee. 5, 1905.

Application filed September 7, 1905. Serial No. 277,436;

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM EARNEST, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Gary- Aville, in the parish of St. John the Baptist and mediate point in the length of the latter, and th1s without subjectingthe said cable to fric-- tional wear.

' holder.

With the foregoing in mind the'invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which/- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my novell apparatus' and the mode of using Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the'novel chain- Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the chain-holder in the plane indicated bythe line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

.Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which- A A are elevated cables stretched between trees or other supports. B is a block` suitably arranged and movable on the saidcables and carrying a sheave or pulley C. D is a cable passed overthe said sheave or pulley()V and provided at one end with tongsE for takinghold of a log, as shown, and designed to be connected to any suitable means for moving the log. F is a chain fastened about a Second log, and M is the chain-holder or device for efecting yconnection between the paratively wide or open portion al. Between the ends of the legs of the body-loop the anti- .y

through the medium of which` logs may be friction-roller b is mounted, as shown, the said roller'being preferably arranged on a bolt e, extending through the said ends of the loopegs.

The cable D is passed through the body of the chain-holder or connecting device M, and

when it'is desired to connect a log to the said cable at an intermediate point in the length thereof the chain F is passed through the upp erv comparatively wideI4 or open portion of the body a, and one ofthe links of the chain is ,drawn down into the contracted bight portion of the said body a. With this done it will be observed that there is no liabilityl of the said chain F being casually released from the holder M, and it will also be observed that as the cable D is drawn through the holder or connecting device M the said cable will bear against the roller b, and hence will not be subjected to frictional wear. The cable D is drawn through the chain-holder or connecting device M until the tongs Ebring up against the said holder or connectingv device, after which the two logs will be moved together on the elevated cables and through the medium of the cable D. r

It will be apparent from the foregoing that Vwhen my novel apparatus is used as described logs may be expeditiously gathered. with but little effort on the part of the attendants, and it will 4also be apparent that when the logs reach the point desired the tongs E may be quickly and easily disengaged from one log, and the chain F may then be readily taken out of the holder or connecting device M and removed from the other log.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

l. Ina logging apparatus, the combination of an elevated support,`a -block movable on said support and carryinga sheave, a cable passed over the said sheave and provided at one end withmeans for fastening it to a log and adapted to beconnected to 'suitable'log- 100 hauling means, and a chain-holderor connecting device comprising aloop-shapedfbody having. a lower contracted bight portion andan upper comparatively wide or open portion;

receiving the before-mentioned cable, and an IOS antifriction-roller mounted in the body at the upper end of the comparatively wide or open portion thereof and arranged to bear on the said cable.

2.v As an article of manufacture, a chain- II'O holder or connecting device for use in logging apparatus; the same comprising a loop-shaped body having a lower contracted hight portion and an upper comparatively Wide or open portion, and an antifriction-roller mounted in the body at the upper end of the comparatively Wide or open portion thereof and arranged to bear on a cable extending through the said portion.

antifriction-roller mounted betweenthe ends of the said bar.

4. In alogging apparatus, the combination of an elevated support, a block movable on said support and carrying a slieave, a cable 20 l passed over the said sheave, and achain-holder or connecting device loosely receiving the said cable.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 25 nesses.

, v WILLIAM EARNEST. Witnesses:

WILLIAM MACLENNAN, WALLACE J. LANDRY. 

